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ERIC Number: EJ560689
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
An Open Letter to United States President Clinton.
Fry, Edward
Reading Teacher, v51 n5 p366-70 Feb 1998
Presents an open letter to President Clinton regarding his statements about reading standards and testing made in his 1997 State of the Union Address. Points out serious problems in having a national reading standard and trying to get every fourth grader to meet that standard. Discusses problems with curing the so-called reading problem by use of volunteer tutors. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards, Politics of Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Test Use, Testing Problems, Tutoring, Volunteers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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